This rarely-collected species occurs in the high canopy of lowland rainforest trees. Some collections have come from insecticidal fogging of the canopy (Luehea seemannii in Panama, the Erwin fogging program in Peru). Weber (1938) obtained the winged queen of P. guianensis from the stomach of Bufo marinus. An LACM specimen is a queen head capsule collected from the feces of a silky anteater (Cyclopes). The only known nest collection was by W. L. Brown, Jr., from near Manaus. The collection contains a dealate queen and a male.
Brazil (Amap‡, Amazonas, Par‡, Rondonia, Roraima), Bolivia, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, Panama, Costa Rica.
Taxonomic history
Combination in Cataulacus: Mayr, 1886c PDF: 364.Combination in Procryptocerus: Emery, 1887h PDF: 470.Subspecies of Procryptocerus subpilosus: Forel, 1911g PDF: 263; Kempf, 1951 PDF: 61.Revived status as species: Kempf, 1963c PDF: 436.Senior synonym of Procryptocerus puncticeps: Forel, 1911g PDF: 263.Senior synonym of Procryptocerus goeldii guianensis: Kempf, 1963c PDF: 436.See also: Longino & Snelling, 2002 PDF: 6.
